Overshoe.



F. D. SHOOK. OVERSHOE. APPLIUATION FILED Nov.1'1,1so.

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OVERSHOE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17. 1908.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FLOYD D. SHOCK, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE EVERSTICK PATENTS CO., OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

OVERSHOE.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it kno-wn that I, FLOYD D. SI-Ioon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Over-shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates gel'ierally to overshoes and particularly to the Ever-stick type of overshoe wherein there is a low fore portion having a narrow upper extending along the margin of the sole and merging into a high heel portion.

More specifically the invention relates to an overshoe having the usual substantially non-elastic heel portion which has but slight give, a shank portion and sole portion provided with an upper having a tension member preferably a nonelastic coil around the toe only and forming an internal bead for engagement above the sole of the inserted shoe at the toe together with tension mem bers extending along the sides of the upper from the heel arranged to convey the pull of the heel to the ends of the tension menr ber or cord around the toe. From this construct-ion it will be seen that when a shoe is inserted in this overshoe, the bulge at the rear of the former will cause the heel of the overshoe to create a pull upon the tension members on the sides of the upper thus creating a pull upon the loop at the toe and thereby causing the bead at this point to engage above the sole at the toe of the inserted shoe.

A very beneficial result is attained by the foregoing in view of the fact that the tension members along the sides of the upper may be made flat so that they will conform readily to the shape of the inserted shoe, and yet they will bind sufficiently even at this point to prevent the overshoe from being "easily removed.

The invention may be further briefly summarized as consisting in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth in the following description, dra\v ings and claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of an overshoe provided with my invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section with a portion of the lining broken away to more clearly show the side tension member; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section showing the tape extending around the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 17, 1908.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

serial No. 463,119.

upper around the heel; and Fig. 4- is a similar view showing the tape stopping at the sides of the heel.

In carrying out my invention any preferred form of overshoe may be employed, but I have shown one form in the drawings which meets the requirements very ell'ec tively, and in such embodiment l represents the sole portion, Q the heel, a shank portion 3, and t the counter of the ordinary substantially non-elastic n'iaterial. At the margin the sole portion is provided with an upper 5 which is preferably narrow and is inclined upward to meet the upper edge of the counter. Around the very toe the upper is provided with an internal bead (S formed by incorporating between the lining and the outer rubberized fabric a cord 7 which has its ends embedded in the sole. On each side of the upper and secured to the end of this cord and arranged between the lining and the outer fabric is a tape 8 extending to the rear along the edge of the upper and secured to the counter.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the tension member 8 in the sides of the upper together with the counter it at the rear and the cord 7 around the toe, form a continuous tension member around the entire upper so that the pull exerted by the counter as a result of the application of the overshoe to a shoe, will be conveyed through the side tension members 8 upon the ends of the loop around the toe, thereby causing the overshoe to cling tightly to the shoe of' the wearer.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the tension tape 9 continues around the heel 10.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4t, the tension tape 11 is arranged continuous about the toe 12 and between the rubberized fab ric and the cord 13.

Having described my invention, l claim :-v

l. As an article of manufacture, an overshoe comprising a sole portion, a heel por tion, an upper having a bead at the toe portion only, and tension means extending ;lorward from the heel portion on cach side of the shoe for creating a pull around the toe upon the insertion of a shoe and causing said bead to engage above the sole of the inserted shoe at the toe thereof, said tension means being flat along the sides of the sole portion.

2. As an article of manufacture, an over- In testimony whereof l affix my signature m presence of two witnesses.k

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shoe Comprising a sole portion, a shank portion, a heel portion of substantially nonelastic material, an upper having` an internal bead at the toe only, and tension means extending forward from both sides of' the heel portion and adapted'to transmit the pull created by the insertion of a shoe and l thereby cause said bead to engage the sole of the inserted shoe when the same is lin- Viitnesses:

C. H. TRESCH, B. W. BROCKE'TT.

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